Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Rhyparochromidae) Author(S): Luis Cervantes Peredo Source: Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 114(3):338-346

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Rhyparochromidae) Author(S): Luis Cervantes Peredo Source: Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 114(3):338-346 A New Coleopteroid Genus of Lethaeini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Rhyparochromidae) Author(s): Luis Cervantes Peredo Source: Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 114(3):338-346. 2012. Published By: Entomological Society of Washington DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.114.3.338 URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.4289/0013-8797.114.3.338 BioOne (www.bioone.org) is a nonprofit, online aggregation of core research in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. BioOne provides a sustainable online platform for over 170 journals and books published by nonprofit societies, associations, museums, institutions, and presses. Your use of this PDF, the BioOne Web site, and all posted and associated content indicates your acceptance of BioOne’s Terms of Use, available at www.bioone.org/page/ terms_of_use. Usage of BioOne content is strictly limited to personal, educational, and non-commercial use. Commercial inquiries or rights and permissions requests should be directed to the individual publisher as copyright holder. BioOne sees sustainable scholarly publishing as an inherently collaborative enterprise connecting authors, nonprofit publishers, academic institutions, research libraries, and research funders in the common goal of maximizing access to critical research. PROC. ENTOMOL. SOC. WASH. 114(3), 2012, pp. 338–346 A NEW COLEOPTEROID GENUS OF LETHAEINI (HEMIPTERA: HETEROPTERA: LYGAEOIDEA: RHYPAROCHROMIDAE) LUIS CERVANTES PEREDO Instituto de Ecologia, A.C. Carretera Antigua a Coatepec # 351, 91070, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico (e-mail: [email protected]) Abstract.—Descriptions and illustrations of a new coleopteroid genus of Lethaeini are presented. The new genus Tuitocoris with one species, Tuitocoris brzoskai new species, is similar to the American genus Xestocoris and to the Australian Austro- xestus. Like some other coleopteroid Lethaeini, it has several modifications in the hemelytra and hind wings. Dorsal views of male, head, foreleg, mesothoracic scent gland, paramere, pygophore, spermatheca, and fifth instar nymph are illustrated. This species was found in an area of pine forest on the coast of the state of Jalisco, Mexico, which is known for the great number of endemic species of Heteroptera and some other groups of insects and plants, so it should be considered for conservation purposes. Key Words: Tuitocoris, Mexico, new species, endemic DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.114.3.338 Members of Lethaeini are mainly there is a conspicuous trichobothrium distributed in the tropics and subtropics, present near each antero-lateral pronotal although a few species extend into either angle (Ashlock 1964). the Palearctic or Nearctic; they range Here, the new genus Tuitocoris is from small to medium size (2-10 mm), described based on one species Tuito- with a shining to subshining dorsal sur- coris brzoskai new species. This new face. They are separated from the other genus is similar to the Australian genus 13 Rhyparochromidae tribes recognized Austroxestus Woodward (Woodward by Henry (1997), by the following syn- 1962, 1979, 1981) and similar to the apomorphies: linear placement of tri- American genus Xestocoris Van Duzee chobothria on abdominal sternum V, (O’Donnell 2007, Cervantes and Brailovsky loss of y-chromosome, extreme modifi- 2008). Illustration of the adult habitus, cation of the sperm reservoir, and develo- head, foreleg, scent gland, male and fe- pment of iridescent areas on the head male genitalia, and fifth instar habitus (Slater and O’Donnell 1978, O’Donnell nymph are included. 1991). Nymphs lack a Y-suture, but have The El Tuito area has been recognized lateral evaporative areas. In most genera, by several authors (Garcia Aldrete 1996, Brailovsky and Barrera 2001, Espinosa et al. 2006) as an important zone for the * Edited by Thomas J. Henry; accepted by Michael presence of endemic insect and plant spe- W. Gates cies. This new genus constitutes another VOLUME 114, NUMBER 3 339 endemic for this area. El Tuito is a very spines closer to the distal end, arranged peculiar zone in which temperate and all on a straight line (Fig. 3). Eyes tropical environments mix, generating without trichobothria. Lateral pronotal a great and unique diversity that should margins only slightly carinate on ante- be conserved. rior half, with trichobothria on anterior third; pronotal collar only visible ven- MATERIALS AND METHODS trally and delimited by a line of punc- Specimens were collected on the tures; posterior margin of pronotum coastal area in the state of Jalisco, slightly concave; pronotum and scutel- Mexico. The area is called El Tuito and lum with scattered small punctures and is situated at 20° 21’16’’ N and 105° setae directed backward (Fig. 1). Scent 18’59’’ W, at an elevation of 731 m. The gland peritreme long, narrow and primetypeofvegetationispineandoak slightly curved at the apex (Fig. 7). forest with some tropical elements due to Clavus and corium with large punctures its proximity to the coast. with setae directed backward. Hemelytra Specimens are deposited in the fol- reduced without membrane, leaving at lowing institutions: Coleccion del Insti- least three abdominal segments exposed tuto de Ecologia, A. C. in Xalapa, (Fig. 1). Spermatheca mushroom-shaped, Veracruz, Mexico (IEXA); Coleccion with bulb sitting directly on duct (Fig. Nacional de Insectos del Instituto de 4). Paramere with blade very wide, ta- Biologia, UNAM, Mexico City (CNIN); pering to a blunt point, shank broad (Fig. 5). National Museum of Natural History, Etymology.—The name refers to the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. type locality. C., USA (USNM); University of Con- Distribution.—Known only from the necticut, Storrs, USA (UCMS); and The coast of Jalisco. Natural History Museum, London, England Discussion.—Tuitocoris new genus, (BMNH). Specimens were compared is very similar to the genus Xestocoris with specimens from all the other Leth- although Tuitocoris is much larger. The aeini genera deposited in CNIN and they forefemur in Tuitocoris (Fig. 3) has three run in O’Donnell (1986) key to the genus long spines located mesally and three Xestocoris Van Duzee, although differs small spines closer to the distal end, ar- by several characters, see discussion be- ranged in a straight line, while in Xes- low. Individuals were examined using tocoris the forefemur has only two to a Leica MZ8 dissecting microscope, four small spines. Tuitocoris lacks the measurements were made with an ocular characteristic eye trichobothria of Xes- micrometer, and drawings were elabo- tocoris. The scent gland opening of rated with the aid of camara lucida; all Tuitocoris (Fig. 7) is long and straight ± measurements are given in mm s.e. and slightly curved apically, whereas in Xestocoris it is usually rounded (Fig. 8). Tuitocoris Cervantes, new genus Male and female genitalia in both genera (Figs. 1–7) are very similar, as well as the presence Diagnosis.—Head with two basal iri- of two iridescent patches, located dorso- descent spots dorsally composed of posteriorly on head (Fig. 2). pegs; with two trichobothria located in Although both genera have tibial front of eyes; forefemur with three long spines and are coleopteroid, Tuitocoris dif- spines located mesally and three small fers from the Australian genus Austroxestus 340 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON Fig. 1. Dorsal view of Tuitocoris brzoskai new species (Holotype, male). VOLUME 114, NUMBER 3 341 342 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON Figs. 2–9. 2–7, Tuitocoris brzoskai new species. 2. Head, showing position of the iridescent spots. 3. Foreleg. 4. Spermatheca, showing dilated area. 5. Paramere. 6. Male genital capsule. 7. Scent gland peritreme. 8. Scent gland peritreme of Xestocoris clavatus Cervantes & Brailovsky. 9. Scent gland peritreme of Austroxestus carnarvoni Woodward (Fig. 9 taken from Woodward 1962). (Woodward 1979, 1981) by the absence Tuitocoris brzoskai Cervantes, of hemelytral membrane, the lack of new species a dilated area between bulb and proximal (Figs. 1–7) flange of the female spermatheca; and Diagnosis.—This species can be dif- the long scent-gland peritreme (Fig. 7) ferentiated from other new world species rather than a short peritreme as in Austro- in the Lethaeini which have two irides- xestus (Fig. 9). cent spots located dorsally on base of VOLUME 114, NUMBER 3 343 head (Fig. 2) by the presence in the Female spermatheca without a dilated forefemur of three long spines located area between bulb and proximal flange medially and three small spines closer to (Fig. 4). the distal end, arranged all on a straight Genital capsule of males with a round line. Head and pronotum shining with opening that stretches slightly toward the small punctures located in the area between apex (Fig. 6). Parameres with wide blade, eyes and tylus, on the anterior margin and narrowing to a blunt point; shank broad on the posterior third of pronotum. (Fig. 5). Coloration.—Head, pronotum, visible Female measurements (n = 8). Body dorsal segments of abdomen, and ven- length 4.28 ± 0.1; head length 0.52 ± 0.05; ter shining reddish brown; hemelytra width through eyes 0.84 ± 0.02; inter- ochraceous; antennae, rostrum, and legs ocular distance 0.51 ± 0.01; preocular amber. Head and pronotum shining. distance 0.31 ± 0.02; antennal segment Scutellum and hemelytra slightly dull, lengths: I 0.43 ± 0.02, II 0.76 ± 0.04, III with large and regularly distributed punc- 0.62 ± 0.03, IV 0.6 ± 0.02; rostral segment tures, those of hemelytra larger. Small lengths: I 0.55 ± 0.04, II 0.59 ± 0.03, III silvery hairs raising from each puncture. 0.52 ± 0.02, IV 0.35 ± 0; pronotum: Head.—Head declivitous; tylus broader length 0.82 ± 0.01, width across anterior thanfirstantennalsegment;ocellilocated margin 0.86 ± 0.04, width across humeral very near base of head and close to the angles 1.4 ± 0.06; scutellum: length eyes by a distance smaller than width of 0.87 ± 0.05, width 0.88 ± 0.02; foreleg: first antennal segment; eyes with three to femur length 0.92 ± 0.02, tibia length four small setae and a long setae just in 0.9 ± 0.02, tarsomere lengths: I 0.3 ± 0.02, front of eyes; rostrum reaching metacoxae.
Recommended publications
  • The Influence of Prairie Restoration on Hemiptera
    CAN THE ONE TRUE BUG BE THE ONE TRUE ANSWER? THE INFLUENCE OF PRAIRIE RESTORATION ON HEMIPTERA COMPOSITION Thesis Submitted to The College of Arts and Sciences of the UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for The Degree of Master of Science in Biology By Stephanie Kay Gunter, B.A. Dayton, Ohio August 2021 CAN THE ONE TRUE BUG BE THE ONE TRUE ANSWER? THE INFLUENCE OF PRAIRIE RESTORATION ON HEMIPTERA COMPOSITION Name: Gunter, Stephanie Kay APPROVED BY: Chelse M. Prather, Ph.D. Faculty Advisor Associate Professor Department of Biology Ryan W. McEwan, Ph.D. Committee Member Associate Professor Department of Biology Mark G. Nielsen Ph.D. Committee Member Associate Professor Department of Biology ii © Copyright by Stephanie Kay Gunter All rights reserved 2021 iii ABSTRACT CAN THE ONE TRUE BUG BE THE ONE TRUE ANSWER? THE INFLUENCE OF PRAIRIE RESTORATION ON HEMIPTERA COMPOSITION Name: Gunter, Stephanie Kay University of Dayton Advisor: Dr. Chelse M. Prather Ohio historically hosted a patchwork of tallgrass prairies, which provided habitat for native species and prevented erosion. As these vulnerable habitats have declined in the last 200 years due to increased human land use, restorations of these ecosystems have increased, and it is important to evaluate their success. The Hemiptera (true bugs) are an abundant and varied order of insects including leafhoppers, aphids, cicadas, stink bugs, and more. They play important roles in grassland ecosystems, feeding on plant sap and providing prey to predators. Hemipteran abundance and composition can respond to grassland restorations, age of restoration, and size and isolation of habitat.
    [Show full text]
  • Insecta Zeitschrift Für Entomologie Und Naturschutz
    Insecta Zeitschrift für Entomologie und Naturschutz Heft 9/2004 Insecta Bundesfachausschuss Entomologie Zeitschrift für Entomologie und Naturschutz Heft 9/2004 Impressum © 2005 NABU – Naturschutzbund Deutschland e.V. Herausgeber: NABU-Bundesfachausschuss Entomologie Schriftleiter: Dr. JÜRGEN DECKERT Museum für Naturkunde der Humbolt-Universität zu Berlin Institut für Systematische Zoologie Invalidenstraße 43 10115 Berlin E-Mail: [email protected] Redaktion: Dr. JÜRGEN DECKERT, Berlin Dr. REINHARD GAEDIKE, Eberswalde JOACHIM SCHULZE, Berlin Verlag: NABU Postanschrift: NABU, 53223 Bonn Telefon: 0228.40 36-0 Telefax: 0228.40 36-200 E-Mail: [email protected] Internet: www.NABU.de Titelbild: Die Kastanienminiermotte Cameraria ohridella (Foto: J. DECKERT) siehe Beitrag ab Seite 9. Gesamtherstellung: Satz- und Druckprojekte TEXTART Verlag, ERIK PIECK, Postfach 42 03 11, 42403 Solingen; Wolfsfeld 12, 42659 Solingen, Telefon 0212.43343 E-Mail: [email protected] Insecta erscheint in etwa jährlichen Abständen ISSN 1431-9721 Insecta, Heft 9, 2004 Inhalt Vorwort . .5 SCHULZE, W. „Nachbar Natur – Insekten im Siedlungsbereich des Menschen“ Workshop des BFA Entomologie in Greifswald (11.-13. April 2003) . .7 HOFFMANN, H.-J. Insekten als Neozoen in der Stadt . .9 FLÜGEL, H.-J. Bienen in der Großstadt . .21 SPRICK, P. Zum vermeintlichen Nutzen von Insektenkillerlampen . .27 MARTSCHEI, T. Wanzen (Heteroptera) als Indikatoren des Lebensraumtyps Trockenheide in unterschiedlichen Altersphasen am Beispiel der „Retzower Heide“ (Brandenburg) . .35 MARTSCHEI, T., Checkliste der bis jetzt bekannten Wanzenarten H. D. ENGELMANN Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns . .49 DECKERT, J. Zum Vorkommen von Oxycareninae (Heteroptera, Lygaeidae) in Berlin und Brandenburg . .67 LEHMANN, U. Die Bedeutung alter Funddaten für die aktuelle Naturschutzpraxis, insbesondere für das FFH-Monitoring .
    [Show full text]
  • Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Lygaeoidea) 49 Doi: 10.3897/Zookeys.25.244 RESEARCH ARTICLE Launched to Accelerate Biodiversity Research
    A peer-reviewed open-access journal ZooKeys 25: A49–59 new (2009) genus and species of Oxycarenidae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Lygaeoidea) 49 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.25.244 RESEARCH ARTICLE www.pensoftonline.net/zookeys Launched to accelerate biodiversity research A new genus and species of Oxycarenidae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Lygaeoidea) from Argentina Th omas J. Henry1,†, Pablo Matías Dellapé2,‡ 1 Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., USA 2 División Entomo- logia, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo de Bosque s/n, 1900 La Plata, Argentina † urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:AE9BFF29-C17E-428E-8181-A5CCCCAC0132 ‡ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:8493B7DB-E28F-4126-B141-32D610091787 Corresponding authors: Th omas J. Henry ([email protected]), Pablo Matías Dellapé (pdellape@fcnym. unlp.edu.ar) Guest editor: Th omas Dobbs | Received 30 July 2009 | Accepted 02 October 2009 | Published 23 October 2009 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D4C1CA20-DCC8-4BF1-8CE2-A9985DC60983 Citation: Henry TJ, Dellapé PM (2009) A new genus and species of Oxycarenidae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Lygaeo- idea) from Argentina. ZooKeys 25: 49–59. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.25.244 Abstract Th e new genus Notocoderus and the new species N. argentinus are described from Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, based on two specimens taken in pitfall traps. Dorsal and lateral digital images of this new sub- brachypterous oxycarenid and Dycoderus picturatus Uhler, known only from Arizona and Colorado in the United States, are provided and their relationships with each other and other oxycarenids are discussed.
    [Show full text]
  • LYGAEOIDEA La Superfamila Lygaeoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha) Es Una De Las Mayores Y Más Diver- Sas, Con Más De 4000 Especies, De Heteroptera
    | 421 Resumen LYGAEOIDEA La superfamila Lygaeoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha) es una de las mayores y más diver- sas, con más de 4000 especies, de Heteroptera. Los hábitats de las especies del grupo son variados, hay grupos arbóreos, geófilos y laminófilos. La mayoría se alimentan de semillas maduras, aunque las Blissidae y algunas Lygaeidae son succionadoras de savia, los Geocoridae son principalmente depredadoras y las Cle- radini (Rhyparochromidae) se alimentan de sangre de vertebrados. Las ninfas viven en los mismos hábitats que los adultos y se alimentan generalmente de las mismas plantas. Actualmente en los Lygaeoidea se reconocen 15 familias, de las cuales 12 han sido registradas de la región Neotropical y 11 de la Argentina: Berytidae, Blissidae, Colobathristidae, Cymidae, Geocoridae, Lygaeidae, Ninidae, Oxycarenidae, Pachygronthidae, Piesmatidae y Rhyparochromidae. Se presenta una breve historia taxonómica, aspectos filogenéticos y de la clasificación actual de la superfamilia, bibliografía de referencia y una clave para la identificación de las familias de la Argentina. Para cada familia se presenta una diagnosis, principales trabajos, aspectos de la bio- logía y la diversidad a nivel mundial y en la Argentina, así como claves para la determinación de los géneros presentes en el pais. Además, se reseña la importancia agroeconómica del grupo. Se adjunta un listado de las 154 especies citadas de Argentina. Pablo Matías DELLAPÉ Abstract The superfamily Lygaeoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Pentatomomorpha) is one of the most diverse within the Bosque, 1900 La Plata, Argentina. Heteroptera, with more than 4000 species described. [email protected] The Lygaeoid habitats are diverse; there are arboreal, geophile and laminophile species.
    [Show full text]
  • Zootaxa,A New Species of Xestocoris Van Duzee, with Comments on the Genus
    Zootaxa 1606: 51–57 (2007) ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2007 · Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) A new species of Xestocoris Van Duzee, with comments on the genus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae: Rhyparochrominae) JANE E. O’DONNELL Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Unit 3043, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269-3043, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Abstract A new species of the rhyparochromine tribe Lethaeini, Xestocoris tibialis, from Arizona, is described and figured. The lectotype of X. collinus is redescribed. A lectotype of X. nitens is designated and redescribed. New distributional records for X. nitens are provided. A key to the species of Xestocoris and a discussion of phylogenetic relationships with other lethaeine genera are included. Key words: Arizona, Lethaeini, sky islands, state records, generic phylogeny Introduction Little has been written about Xestocoris, a genus widely distributed in North and Central America, since its original description (Van Duzee 1906). Xestocoris currently contains only 2 species: X. collinus, originally described by Distant (1893) from the mountains of Guatemala and placed in the genus Rhaptus; and X. nitens, the type species, described from New York, USA, by Van Duzee (1906). Bergroth (1916) transferred Rhaptus collinus and R. uhleri Distant to Xestocoris with no explanation or justification. Scudder (1957) placed the genus in the then composite Lethaeini; Ashlock (1964) included it in the Lethaeini sensu stricto when he rede- fined the tribe. Scudder (1967) designated a lectotype for X. uhleri and placed the species in Bubaces, where it remains today. Sweet (1960) elaborated on the basic biology of X.
    [Show full text]
  • Great Lakes Entomologist the Grea T Lakes E N Omo L O G Is T Published by the Michigan Entomological Society Vol
    The Great Lakes Entomologist THE GREA Published by the Michigan Entomological Society Vol. 45, Nos. 3 & 4 Fall/Winter 2012 Volume 45 Nos. 3 & 4 ISSN 0090-0222 T LAKES Table of Contents THE Scholar, Teacher, and Mentor: A Tribute to Dr. J. E. McPherson ..............................................i E N GREAT LAKES Dr. J. E. McPherson, Educator and Researcher Extraordinaire: Biographical Sketch and T List of Publications OMO Thomas J. Henry ..................................................................................................111 J.E. McPherson – A Career of Exemplary Service and Contributions to the Entomological ENTOMOLOGIST Society of America L O George G. Kennedy .............................................................................................124 G Mcphersonarcys, a New Genus for Pentatoma aequalis Say (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) IS Donald B. Thomas ................................................................................................127 T The Stink Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) of Missouri Robert W. Sites, Kristin B. Simpson, and Diane L. Wood ............................................134 Tymbal Morphology and Co-occurrence of Spartina Sap-feeding Insects (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) Stephen W. Wilson ...............................................................................................164 Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae, Scutelleridae) Associated with the Dioecious Shrub Florida Rosemary, Ceratiola ericoides (Ericaceae) A. G. Wheeler, Jr. .................................................................................................183
    [Show full text]
  • An Annotated Catalog of the Iranian Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha)
    Zootaxa 3845 (1): 001–101 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ Monograph ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2014 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3845.1.1 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C77D93A3-6AB3-4887-8BBB-ADC9C584FFEC ZOOTAXA 3845 An annotated catalog of the Iranian Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha) HASSAN GHAHARI1 & FRÉDÉRIC CHÉROT2 1Department of Plant Protection, Shahre Rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. E-mail: [email protected] 2DEMNA, DGO3, Service Public de Wallonie, Gembloux, Belgium, U. E. E-mail: [email protected] Magnolia Press Auckland, New Zealand Accepted by M. Malipatil: 15 May 2014; published: 30 Jul. 2014 HASSAN GHAHARI & FRÉDÉRIC CHÉROT An annotated catalog of the Iranian Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha) (Zootaxa 3845) 101 pp.; 30 cm. 30 Jul. 2014 ISBN 978-1-77557-463-7 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-77557-464-4 (Online edition) FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2014 BY Magnolia Press P.O. Box 41-383 Auckland 1346 New Zealand e-mail: [email protected] http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ © 2014 Magnolia Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, transmitted or disseminated, in any form, or by any means, without prior written permission from the publisher, to whom all requests to reproduce copyright material should be directed in writing. This authorization does not extend to any other kind of copying, by any means, in any form, and for any purpose other than private research use. ISSN 1175-5326 (Print edition) ISSN 1175-5334 (Online edition) 2 · Zootaxa 3845 (1) © 2014 Magnolia Press GHAHARI & CHÉROT Table of contents Abstract .
    [Show full text]
  • Inventory Research on Rhyparochromidae (Insecta: Heteroptera) in Sarawak, Malaysia, with a Checklist of the Family Known from Borneo
    国立科博専報,(46): 13–24, 2010年3月28日 Mem. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, (46): 13–24, March 28, 2010 Inventory Research on Rhyparochromidae (Insecta: Heteroptera) in Sarawak, Malaysia, with a Checklist of the Family Known from Borneo Masaaki Tomokuni Department of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and Science, 3–23–1 Hyakunin-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169–0073, Japan E-mail: [email protected] Abstract. Twenty-seven species of Rhyparochromidae in seven tribes and 20 genera are recorded from Sarawak, East Malaysia, on the basis of specimens housed in the Forest Research Centre (FRC), Kuching, Malaysia, and the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan. Of these, nine species are new to Borneo, i.e., Botocudo yasumatsui, Pactye elegans, Entisberus ar- chetypus, Diniella sevosa, Pamerana scotti, Paromius piratoides, Stigmatonotum geniculatum, Tachytatus prolixicornis, and Elasmolomus pallens, and seven species are new to Sarawak, i.e. Clerada noctua, Pactye distincta, Heissodrymus magnus, Kanigara oculata, Horridipamera niet- neri, Pamerarma ventralis, and Pseudopachybrachius guttus. This result evidently shows an exces- sive insufficiency of inventory researches on this group not only in Sarawak but also in Borneo as a whole. A checklist of Rhyparochromidae for 57 species in eight tribes and 33 genera known from Borneo is also provided for further progress of the inventory. Key words : Rhyparochromidae, Heteroptera, inventory, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, new record, checklist. 1867 based on specimens collected in Sarawak Introduction by “Stevens” (cf. Scudder, 1977). Before the As a state of Malaysia Sarawak occupies the middle of 20th century, two British entomologists northwestern part of Borneo, the third largest and (Walker, 1872; Distant, 1906) added five species one of the biodiversity richest island in the world.
    [Show full text]
  • Unusual Oviposition Behavior by a Seed Feeding Bug (Heteroptera: Rhopalidae)
    July - September 2002 477 SCIENTIFIC NOTE Unusual Oviposition Behavior by a Seed Feeding Bug (Heteroptera: Rhopalidae) ANTÔNIO R. PANIZZI1, EDSON HIROSE2 AND VIVIANE R. CHOCOROSQUI2 1Embrapa, Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Soja, C. postal 231, 86001-970, Londrina, PR 2 Depto. Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, C. postal 19020, 81531-990, Curitiba, PR Comportamento de Oviposição Incomum por um Percevejo Sugador de Sementes (Heteroptera: Rhopalidae) RESUMO - O percevejo Jadera choprai Göllner-Scheiding (Heteroptera: Rhopalidae) alimenta-se de sementes maduras de Cardiospermum halicacabum (L.) (Sapindaceae) caídas no solo. Observações em laboratório indicaram que a fêmea cava com as pernas dianteiras um buraco no solo solto com cerca de 0,5 cm de profundidade, oviposita e depois cobre os ovos com as partículas do solo. Em condições artificiais, as fêmeas enterraram os ovos em mais de 60% das oviposições e as ninfas foram capazes de eclodir e chegar até a superfície a partir de profundidades de até 4 cm. Esse comportamento de oviposição é considerado raro entre os percevejos sugadores de sementes que, em geral, ovipositam sobre as plantas hospedeiras. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Insecta, Jadera choprai, ovo. ABSTRACT - Jadera choprai Göllner-Scheiding (Heteroptera: Rhopalidae) feeds on the ground on mature seeds of Cardiospermum halicacabum (L.) (Sapindaceae). Laboratory observations indicated that females dug a hole of ca. 0.5 cm in the the soil with the forelegs, laid eggs, and covered them with lose soil. In artificial conditions, females buried the eggs in over 60 % of the ovipositions, and nymphs were able to reach the soil surface from eggs buried 4 cm. This oviposition behavior is rare among seed suckers heteropterans, that usually oviposit on host plants.
    [Show full text]
  • Widestrike®) Against Beet Armyworm and Fall Armyworm Larvae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
    Adamczyk & Gore: Activity of Cry1Ac and Cry1F Against Armyworms 427 LABORATORY AND FIELD PERFORMANCE OF COTTON CONTAINING CRY1AC, CRY1F, AND BOTH CRY1AC AND CRY1F (WIDESTRIKE®) AGAINST BEET ARMYWORM AND FALL ARMYWORM LARVAE (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE) J. J. ADAMCZYK, JR. AND J. GORE USDA, ARS, Southern Insect Management Research Unit, P.O. Box 346, Stoneville, MS 38776 ABSTRACT The efficacy of transgenic cotton genotypes containing Cry1Ac, Cry1F, and Cry1Ac stacked with Cry1F (WideStrike®, Dow Agrosciences, Indianapolis, IN) were investigated during 2001-2003 against the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) (=BAW), and the fall ar- myworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (=FAW), in laboratory bioassays and small ex- perimental field plots. In all experiments, cotton containing Cry1F was more toxic to BAW and FAW larvae compared to cotton containing only Cry1Ac. In the majority of experiments, the addition of Cry1Ac to the Cry1F genotype had no increased effect on efficacy and certain biological parameters against BAW and FAW larvae compared to cotton containing only Cry1F. Furthermore, the presence or absence of an additive, synergistic, or antagonistic ef- fect between Cry1Ac and Cry1F was not observed in these field and laboratory experiments. Key Words: cotton, Cry1 genes, transgenic cotton, beet armyworm, fall armyworm, Spodoptera spp. RESUMEN La eficacia de los genotipos de algodón transgénicos que tienen Cry1Ac, Cry1F, y Cry1Ac combinados con Cry1F (WideStrike®, Dow Agrosciences, Indianapolis, IN) fueron investiga- dos durante 2001-2003 contra del gusano trozador (BAW), Spodoptera exigua (Hübner), y el gusano cogollero (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith), en bioensayos de laboratorio y en experimentos en parcelas pequeñas de campo.
    [Show full text]
  • An Annotated Catalog of the Iranian Coreidae, Rhopalidae, and Stenocephalidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha: Coreoidea)
    Zootaxa 3519: 1–31 (2012) ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2012 · Magnolia Press Article ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:894A0076-74B6-4718-9D0D-BE6D5ECAFA86 An Annotated Catalog of the Iranian Coreidae, Rhopalidae, and Stenocephalidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha: Coreoidea) HASSAN GHAHARI1, PIERRE MOULET2, RAUNO E. LINNAVUORI3 & HADI OSTOVAN4 1Department of Plant Protection, Shahre Rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. E-mail: [email protected] 2Museum Requien, 67 rue Joseph Vernet, F-84000 Avignon, France. E-mail: [email protected] 3Saukkokuja 10, FIN-21220 Raisio, Finland; E-mail: [email protected] 4Department of Entomology, Fars Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran. E-mail: [email protected] Abstract A study of Iranian Coreoidea, Alydidae excluded, has brought new geographical data on these bugs. Ninety-five species in 34 genera of three families, including, Coreidae (53 species), Rhopalidae (33 species), and Stenocephalidae (9 species), are listed as the fauna of Iran. The following species of Coreidae are new for the Iranian fauna: Fracastorius cornutus Distant 1902, Homoeocerus albiguttulus Stål 1873, and Prismatocerus borealis (Distant 1918). Key words: Heteroptera, Pentatomomorpha, Coreoidea, Coreidae, Rhopalidae, Stenocephalidae, catalog, Iran, Palearctic Region Introduction The infraorder Pentatomomorpha comprise more than 14,000 species in 6 superfamilies (the Aradoidea, Coreoidea, Idiostoloidea, Lygaeoidea, Pentatomoidea, and Pyrrhocoroidea) and 40 families (Schuh & Slater 1995; Henry 1997; Weirauch & Schuh 2011). With the exception of certain predatory and even hematophagous clades within Pentatomidae and Rhyparochromidae, members of this group are phytophagous and exploit resources from the roots to the seeds of their host plants (Weirauch & Schuh 2011).
    [Show full text]
  • Laboulbeniales on Semi-Aquatic Hemiptera. Laboulbenia. Richard K
    Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany Volume 6 | Issue 3 Article 7 1967 Laboulbeniales on Semi-aquatic Hemiptera. Laboulbenia. Richard K. Benjamin Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.claremont.edu/aliso Part of the Botany Commons Recommended Citation Benjamin, Richard K. (1967) "Laboulbeniales on Semi-aquatic Hemiptera. Laboulbenia.," Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany: Vol. 6: Iss. 3, Article 7. Available at: http://scholarship.claremont.edu/aliso/vol6/iss3/7 ALISO VoL. 6, No. 3, pp. 111-136 }UNE 30, 1967 LABOULBENIALES ON SEMI-AQUATIC HEMIPTERA. LA.BOULBENIA.. RICHARD K. BENJAMIN Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Claremont, California INTRODUCTION The Hemiptera, or true bugs, a large and diverse assemblage of insects, are characterized by ( 1) mouth-parts articulated into an often elongate tubular beak adapted for feeding on plants or animals by piercing and sucking, ( 2) gradual metamorphosis, and ( 3) overlapping front wings having a hardened basal part, the corium, and a thin, transparent apex, the membrane. The order commonly is divided into two suborders, the Homoptera and the Heteroptera ( Brues, Melander & Carpenter, 1954; Ross, 1956). At present no member of the Homoptera (which includes such well-known bugs as the cicadas, tree hoppers, plant lice, etc.) is known to be parasitized by Laboulbeniales. These fungi occur on insects classi­ fied in the Heteroptera, but only 26 species have been described. Entomologists subdivide the Heteroptera into two major groups based, in part, on the length of the antennae. These are the Cryptocerata (short-horned bugs) in which the antennae are short and are concealed beneath the head and the Gymnocerata (long-horned bugs) in which the antennae typically are longer than the head and are exposed.
    [Show full text]